Title from title page (f. 1r). Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; no catchwords. Layout: Written in 5 long lines. Script: Written in muḥaqqaq in black ink; pointed and vocalized; titles in thuluth. Decoration: Illuminated title piece in gold and blue (f. 1r); marginal medallions for text divsions in circle, teardrop, and pointed oval shapes in blue, red and gold with blue finials; verse endings marked by an 8-leaf rosette with blue dots around the edge; some alifs in red; sūrah heading in thuluth script set into a blue oval with gold foliate fill all set into a larger rectangle lined... Binding: Brown leather over pasteboard with detached flap (Type II); front and back cover have an intricate mosaic-style blind- and gold-tooled pattern on a large, circular, lobed central medallion, cornerpieces, and frame; flap is gold and blind-tooled in a coordinating pattern with a circular medallion and frame; doublures are block-stamped leather. Origin: The item is undated and unsigned, but was possibly copied in Mamlūk Egypt in the 15th century, possibly for use in a madrasah. Laid, non-European paper; visible chain lines in sets of two. Donation (waqf) statement added to title page inside title piece (f. 1r) Formerly owned by the Mamlūk Amīr Aytmish al-Bajasī (d. 1400 CE) and given as an endowment (waqf) to the library attached to the mosque he founded in Bāb al-Wazīr, Cairo (founded 1383 CE) (inscription, f. 1r). Formerly owned by the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning (library bookplate, inside front cover).
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